Security to be tightened at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital

A security audit committee involving the head of the institution, government doctors, PGs and others would be constituted immediately in all government medical institutions, according to a release from the Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan. “At the district-level, the Collector will review the issues related to protection of hospital premises and personnel in the presence of the Dean/ Joint Director besides other representatives of private institutions by involving professional bodies like Indian Medical Association etc.,” Radhakrishnan said. Meanwhile, the Melmaruvathur police on Friday registered a case against Senthil Kumar(40), son of the Bangaru Adigalar, MD of the college and college clerk Sakthi Kannan (24) and college legal adviser advocate Jayamani (25) following a complaint from Vijay, a student from Tirunelveli.